Samir Shah

Managing Partner at Peak Venture Partners

📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2019
VC🌍 India
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Investor, mentor and Selection Committee
Aug 2017
Venture Catalysts is Indias first Multi-Stage VC, dedicated to backing the most promising entrepreneurs in India, the worlds fastest growing startup ecosystem. Having started in 2016, we are amongst the most active investors in India with USD 200Mn+ deployed across 300+ companies through our syndication platform. The combined valuation of the portfolio companies is USD 10Bn+. We typically invest 0.25 Mn - 2 Mn across seed to early stage companies & are sector agnostic. Our 4000+ investor community is spread across 20+ countries in the world including India, Singapore, UAE, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Qatar, Oman, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe & more. We are backed by some of the most marquee investors from India: Radhakishan Damani (DMart), Haldiram’s, Enam Securities, Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investments), Authum Investments, Shahrukh Khan (Bollywood), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Bollywood), Abhijit Pawar (Sakal Media Group), Utpal Sheth (Trust Group), Vinod Dugar (RDB Group), Hardik Patel (Finquest), Karthik Sundar Iyer, Mukul Agarwal (Param Caputal), Capri Global, Anil Singhvi (Zee Business), Aman Gupta (boAt), Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Nirmit Parikh (Apna), Srinath Ramakkrushnan (Zetwerk), among others. The Venture Catalysts ecosystem of funds includes: 100 Unicorns | USD 100 Mn | Early stage accelerator fund Beams Fintech Fund | USD 80 Mn | India’s first growth-stage fintech fund Elev8 Venture Partners | USD 160 Mn | Growth technology fund for series B & C investments Spyre Proptech Venture Fund | USD 50 Mn | Indias first proptech fund in partnership with CREDAI VC Grid | Exclusive community for family offices & CVCs Collectively, the group manages over USD 500 Mn and has supported 400+ companies. If you are a startup founder looking to raise capital, write to us at ideas@venturecatalysts.in If you are an investor, write to us at investors@venturecatalysts.in
Investor and Advisor
Mar 2016
Margdarshak Financial Services Ltd (MFSL) is engaged in the business of financial inclusion in North India. MFSL is category B, non-deposit taking NBFC-MFI. The microfinance intervention of the Margdarshak group was initiated in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2007, under the aegis of Margdarshak Development Services ( a not for profit company). Understanding the requirement of an appropriate legal structure for providing financial services in a sustainable manner, the promoters of the company acquired an NBFC in 2010. Providing a holistic bouquet of financial products and services to the economically weaker enterprising sections of the community for enabling mainstreaming and socio-economic betterment
Experience · 8 entries
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Investments (4)
Board (1)
2019
Managing Partner
Sep 2019
Pioneering early-stage sustainability investing in India.
Metafin Cleantech Finance Private Limtied
Strategic Advisor and Investor
Feb 2019
2017
Investor, mentor and Selection Committee
Aug 2017
Venture Catalysts is Indias first Multi-Stage VC, dedicated to backing the most promising entrepreneurs in India, the worlds fastest growing startup ecosystem. Having started in 2016, we are amongst the most active investors in India with USD 200Mn+ deployed across 300+ companies through our syndication platform. The combined valuation of the portfolio companies is USD 10Bn+. We typically invest 0.25 Mn - 2 Mn across seed to early stage companies & are sector agnostic. Our 4000+ investor community is spread across 20+ countries in the world including India, Singapore, UAE, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Qatar, Oman, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe & more. We are backed by some of the most marquee investors from India: Radhakishan Damani (DMart), Haldiram’s, Enam Securities, Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investments), Authum Investments, Shahrukh Khan (Bollywood), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Bollywood), Abhijit Pawar (Sakal Media Group), Utpal Sheth (Trust Group), Vinod Dugar (RDB Group), Hardik Patel (Finquest), Karthik Sundar Iyer, Mukul Agarwal (Param Caputal), Capri Global, Anil Singhvi (Zee Business), Aman Gupta (boAt), Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Nirmit Parikh (Apna), Srinath Ramakkrushnan (Zetwerk), among others. The Venture Catalysts ecosystem of funds includes: 100 Unicorns | USD 100 Mn | Early stage accelerator fund Beams Fintech Fund | USD 80 Mn | India’s first growth-stage fintech fund Elev8 Venture Partners | USD 160 Mn | Growth technology fund for series B & C investments Spyre Proptech Venture Fund | USD 50 Mn | Indias first proptech fund in partnership with CREDAI VC Grid | Exclusive community for family offices & CVCs Collectively, the group manages over USD 500 Mn and has supported 400+ companies. If you are a startup founder looking to raise capital, write to us at ideas@venturecatalysts.in If you are an investor, write to us at investors@venturecatalysts.in
2016
Investor and Advisor
Mar 2016
Margdarshak Financial Services Ltd (MFSL) is engaged in the business of financial inclusion in North India. MFSL is category B, non-deposit taking NBFC-MFI. The microfinance intervention of the Margdarshak group was initiated in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2007, under the aegis of Margdarshak Development Services ( a not for profit company). Understanding the requirement of an appropriate legal structure for providing financial services in a sustainable manner, the promoters of the company acquired an NBFC in 2010. Providing a holistic bouquet of financial products and services to the economically weaker enterprising sections of the community for enabling mainstreaming and socio-economic betterment
Drinkwell Water Solutions
Investor, Mentor and Board Member
Mar 2016
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2016–2019 · 4 investments
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